TCG Terms Trivia Quiz

Answer: Block

A "Yata-Lock" is where a player is unable to make a move for the duration of the game due to the effect of the card "Yata-Garasu", which stops players from drawing a card if said monster attacks their "Life Points". This is also called a "Yata-Freeze".

A "Bounce" is where two monsters with the same attack power destroy each other. "Set" is where a player plays a card face-down on the field. A card cannot block except by being in defense position (placed horizontally on the field). If a player takes damage from this card, it's called a "deflect" instead of a "block".

Answer: Magi-Nation

Any Magi that play a Spell or Creature from a different region (IE: A Naroom Magi plays a Cald Creature) must pay one extra energy to play the card. If the card is a Creature, the extra energy is not given to the Creature, but instead discarded. This is called a "Regional Penalty".

Answer: Neither of these

"Mana Rush" is where players are allowed to play as many Mana from their hand as they have, then draw the same number of cards they played. This is a good rule to implement when you want a quick game. "Mana Burn" is a deprecated rule that penalized players for having unspent mana at the end of a phase. It was removed from the game in 2009.

Answer: "Digimon"

A Power Option is the same as a Spell Card from "Yu-Gi-Oh!" or "Duel Masters" or a Trainer Card from "Pokemon".

Answer: "Burner"

Since in most TCG's a player loses if they run out of cards in their deck, the arch-type known as the "Burner" Deck centers around "Decking" the opponent (running them out of cards). A "Beatdown", as well as a "Haymaker", are types chiefly found in "Pokemon" and "Yu-Gi-Oh!", which revolve around strong Pokemon/Monster Cards that are meant to take down the opponent swiftly and brutally.

A "Rainbow" deck is used in "Pokemon" and "Magic: The Gathering" as a deck with multiple colors or types.

Answer: Changing your deck to fit the situation

In tournaments, metagaming is often not allowed, as players must "register" one specific deck and use the same deck throughout the tournament. One partial exception to this rule is "Yu-Gi-Oh!", where you are allowed up to 15 cards to be used as a "side deck". Since this game is played in a "best two out of three" match, any number of these cards can be substituted for the same number of cards in your deck.

This can only be done between duels.

Answer: Archtype

The classic archtypes in the "Pokemon" TCG were the Haymaker and Raindance decks. The former was a Fighting deck centered around first-strike Pokemon like Hitmonchan, and the latter was a Water-type deck revolving around Blastoise and his Pokemon Power.

Answer: Bury

An example of this would be if you were to draw one card to start your turn, but the cards stick together and you accidently pick up two. If the opponent says "bury it", you are obligated to take that second card and place it at the bottom of your deck.

Answer: Mulligan

If you get a mulligan, you are required to shuffle your hand back into your deck and draw seven new cards. Your opponent can take that opportunity to draw up to two additional cards. A popular deck centered around this ruling is the "Mulligan Mewtwo", which consists of four Base-set Mewtwo as the only Pokemon.

Answer: Silver Bullet

The name comes from the idea of silver bullets killing werewolves. If you had a gun and wanted to protect yourself you'd probably want to use regular bullets since they use a harder metal then silver, but you'd want those silver bullets if you did in fact face a werewolf. An example of this is "Griggle" from "Yu-Gi-Oh!".

Its effect can only be activated if an opponent uses something like "Change of Heart" on that particular card, but it deals the opponent 2000 life points of damage.